Based on the paper given at the Society of Homeopath’s Conference and AGM, April 2007, Jenni Tree explores the often-hidden problem of children’s eating disorders. Contamination, intoxication, domination, enslavement and addiction emerge as related themes, leading towards bacterial remedies (in particular Typhus nosode), the sugar (and other ‘grass’ remedies), the milk remedies and the spiders. The biochemistry of sugar is examined along with the connection to diabetes, hypoglycaemia, allergies and coeliac disease, as well as the wider issues within society regarding our physical and emotional nutrition

Five-year-old boy. Tall, gangly; dark-haired; dry rough hair. Losing his milk teeth. Pasty faced, dark rings under eyes. [He looks to me like a child who will be bullied in school, or a child who has been abused in some way.]
With better nutrition, children are happier, confident and perform better at school. They are more themselves, because they have a strong sense of themselves. 

Discussed are main themes I’ve observed to help me consider post traumatic syndrome disorder as the primary diagnosis, following an edited transcript from a patient, male (35y). As a young boy moved around from foster homes, frequently abused in a variety of ways. Finally he was adopted by a wonderful family. Alike a helium balloon, he’d numb out. With Stramonium all symptoms were either entirely gone or so markedly improved.

Nightshades are also well known for congestion, parasympatholytics, somewhat shameless in presentation. The nightshades can also be oversensitive to the world around them. Yet the emphasis is more on struggling with trying to keep their “dark-side” under control.
The underlying strategy of the patient: how they are getting their needs met as constrained by their pathology. The teaching of Massimo Mangialavori’s - learning how to fish for oneself - was fundamental to solving cases (where the patient was unable or unwilling to disclose deeper details).

In introduction on maximizing the use of homeopathy in ase of a CerebroVascular Accident. The history, stress and stroke, different faces of stress, complications as well as the homeopathic approach is being discussed.